Around two years ago we held an Art Challenge where the pupils submitted some superb artwork on any given subject. The results are still proudly displayed in our corridors.

To continue with the London theme of my next Big Walk, I would love our current pupils to submit artwork that reflects our wonderful capital city, be it as a photo, painting, drawing, 3D model or any other medium.

Participation in the challenge is completely optional, but might provide your child with an extra activity if there is a rainy day during the holidays (not that I would wish that upon you!)

All artwork submitted will be displayed in the current building, and some will also be moved to the new building, for viewing in September onwards.

There will also be a prize for the best piece.

I look forward to seeing lots of colourful and imaginative submissions!!

I would like to wish you all a very pleasant Easter break.

Alan Duffy

Breakfast Club fees update

We would like to make all parents/carers aware that, following a recent Governing Body meeting, the cost of Breakfast Club will increase from £3.00 to £3.50 with effect from Term 6 (Tuesday 6th June). This is the first time that the Club has required an increase for well over 5 years.

This decision was made after careful consideration, and is due mainly to increased staffing costs.

We have always strived to keep the charge for Breakfast Club affordable, but must also ensure that any extra costs for providing this service are met by the fees we collect.

Our provision is still very reasonably priced, and surveys of other local schools have shown that we continue to provide a far more extensive selection of food than most other schools.

Netball match – report by Freddie in 5C

On the 21st March the SPS netball team competed in a match. The match was against Otford and we won 6-4. The squad was three year 6 girls, one year 6 boy and me.

The match was divided into quarters and each quarter was 6 minutes long.

Newly elected Parent Governor

Following the recent Parent Governor election, we are pleased to announce the appointment of Anita Brown.

We would like to congratulate Anita and welcome her to the Sevenoaks Primary School Governing Body.

Vacancies at Sevenoaks Primary

Breakfast Club staff

We currently have vacancies for Breakfast Club staff. The hours are from 7:30 – 9:00am five days a week, term time only. We would also consider applications with job-share options.

Midday Supervisor staff

We are actively recruiting for Midday Supervisors. The hours are approximately 1.5 per day, five days a week, term time only.

For an application form for both positions, please contact Mrs Sermon on 01732 453952, by email: manager@sevenoaks.kent.sch.uk or drop by the school office.

Oranges!

Thank you to everyone who entered the Accent Catering quiz and colouring competitions. We received lots of beautifully coloured oranges and the winner this month is Xenia in Lions. Sarah in 4A won the quiz competition and both children will receive a book token from Accent Catering in their next appropriate assembly.

Next month’s fruit is the kiwi and a new quiz and colouring competition will be sent out separately. Paper copies can also be collected at main reception. The closing date for entries will be Friday 28th April.

Football tournament at Knole Academy 11th March 2017 – report by Charlie and Sam Year 6

We came into the tournament having won the league as a really strong team. We had a challenging group including: Chevening, Lady Boswells, St Johns and Churchill. The first game against St John’s was fairly even for the first 3 minutes then Charlie H scored a left foot bottom right corner. The second goal showed quite some skill. Charlie H drilled the ball to Frankie and he hit it into the bottom corner. The final score was 2-1 to us.

The second game we played was against Churchill. This was a tight game all because of our lack of play. In the end we scored a cracking goal from Will C. The end result was a tight going 1-0 to us.

We won the next game 1-0 against Lady B but would rather not talk about it!

The next game or final game of our group ended as a 0-0 draw against Chevening.

We reached the semi-finals. We were playing against Otford. It was one of the tightest games our team had ever played together. Both teams had lots of chances. After normal time, the score was 0-0; however, SPS won on corners. This meant that we went to the finals.

After a minute, the first and only goal was scored by Charlie H. Sam W made some incredible saves and in the end, it stayed 1-0 to SPS. Once more, we have won the tournament at Knole Academy keeping up our good record of wins.

On Wednesday 15th March 2017 a team of 10 boys participated in the Southern Counties Hockey Tournament at Woking, Surrey. Teams travelled from Surrey, Hampshire, London, Oxfordshire, Sussex, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. With the top teams from such a large area we knew it was going to be a very tough day ahead!

With 3 matches in the first round we managed to win 2 and draw 1. This enabled the team to go through to the quarter-final to play a team from Oxfordshire.

This was a tense game where we managed to score one goal, enough to place us in the semi-finals.

The Sevenoaks boys played really well in the semi-final against a team from Berkshire and we had a comfortable 3-0 win.

The final match against a Surrey team was nail-biting, with a 1-1 draw at half time it was all to play for.

The parents on the sidelines were beside themselves with nerves, encouraging the boys with every shot of the game.

With a second goal in the in the net it was a case of defending our goal to keep the lead. When the final whistle blew there was elation all round with the realisation that Sevenoaks Primary School were the Southern Counties Hockey Champions. What a wonderful accolade to achieve.

Much of the credit must go to Duncan Parnis from Sevenoaks Hockey Club who has been coaching the boys and saw the potential in this fine group of players.